[6] On 7 October 1989, she performed at the International Marketplace of Festivals in Nashville, Tennessee, United States, and won the $1,000 bronze medal accolade during the Distant Accords Awards competition.

[4] Paulke also went on a tour of Germany,[5] worked at the Satirisches Theater der Stadt Halle in 2001,[9] and was the performer of the song that introduced Leipzig's bid to host the 2012 Summer Olympics.

[5] Paulke was part of Reinhard Lakomy's touring Traumzauberbaum ensemble across Germany between 2005 and the conclusion of December 2009 when she left as a result of ill health.

[3][8] On the night of 17 February 2010,[3] she died by suicide by choking as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning whilst she was in her car at a lake close to Thannhausen, Bavaria,[10][4] having suffered from depression in the final months of her life.

[1] Birgit Walter of Berliner Zeitung described Paulke as a "wonderful singer with the big, bell-clear voice and the cautious stage presentation, always had something aloof, almost elitist, and always kept a little distance from the audience... She has always seen herself as a star after she was celebrated as such.